Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guyWherever a hungry newborn baby cries,Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the airLook for me Mom, I'll be thereWherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand or a decent job or a helpin' handWherever somebody's strugglin' to be free, look in their eyes Mom you'll see me."

The highway is alive tonight, but nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goesI'm sittin' downhere in the campfire light, with the Ghost of ol' Tom Joad

Wherein yours truly surrenders and admits to herself that she ships everyone/everyone.

1. Do you remember when I said I just didn't really care about the triangle action?

First 2x06 makes me admit I ship Stefan/Elena. Then I spend the whole road trip part of this episode being like 'omg I actually reallyreallyREALLY might like Damon/Stefan'. THEN DAMON TOLD HER THAT THING AND COMPELLED HER TO FORGET IT TEARING THE ONE SINGLE PERFECT TEAR OF DOOM all this while I had hoped they'd hug when she came down the stairs and...

Hi. I think I might ship Damon/Elena too. I feared this moment. Now I'm all like 'just go triangle already it's not like it isn't canon'. Jfc. SHOW YOU WIN.

I still maintain that Damon/Alaric >>>> everything else, especially when Ian tweets pics of Matt Davis and the latter sings about Ian's eyes.

2. Also, vampire porn, thanks for all the hugs. I like.

3. Dear writers,

you actually sold me on Tyler/Caroline. They were the most adorable thing ever, especially when he was sure she was a werewolf. Now, will you please go Matt/Caroline/Tyler? Because jsyk, IT'D BE THE MOST AMAZING INTERSPECIES THREESOME EVER EXISTED. Come on. Let's be serious. IT'D BE SO EPIC. HUMAN/VAMP/WEREWOLF! Come ooon.

4. Jeremy/Bonnie: you used to seem so random, but I kinda dig it.

5. ALSO TEAM BONNIE FTWWW I KNEW SHE'S GET TO BE AWESOME AGAIN. My girl is back to business. XD (but I still liked her even when she was a bitch lol)

6. Also, when Stefan told Damon that he was sincerely sorry and he just didn't want to be alone... god I surrendered. Ah well. I surrender. But even just liking you two together, I LIKE THAT YOU'RE NOT FIGHTING EACH OTHER ANYMORE AND YOU HAVE YOUR BACK. *draws hearts*

7. So the first half of this ep I was like LOL BELA, LOL BELA, LOL BELA, and then Damon slammed her against the wall and I was like OMG FANDOM COLLISION THIS IS TOO MUCH.

But she was nice, so I guess I won't mind if she sticks around.

8. So, between the originals, the road trip bonding, Damon driving (apparently younger brothers never drive) and the whole lovely codependent Stefan/Damon relationship, I was like AM I WATCHING SPN? Lol. God I need a crossover where Damon and Dean are like 'MY LITTLE BROTHER IS AN IDIOT BUT I LOVE HIM', Sam and Stefan do the blood drinking anonymous and Castiel and Alaric just go have a fucking drink because they're done with all the issues. XD

9. Jeremy: YOU BECAME REALLY REALLY FINE. I highly approve of you this season. See how you drop the emo? I liiike.

10. Caroline still owns everyone. End of story.

11. ALSO THE ENDING = MINDFUUUCCKKKKK. WTF IS GOING ON OMG.

12. In short: show, you apparently really can't do it wrong this season. And I like it. XD

I want to jump Jeremy and it makes me feel skeevy. lol. He's not as young as his character in RL though so again, it's kind of like wanting to jump Zach Gilford in FNL. Gotta remind yourself that he's not actually a high school sophomore or whatever.

I was totally feeling the SPN vibe in this episode too. Besides Bela, there was just the whole car scene and the brotherly chick flick moments, it felt soooooo SPN.

Caroline/Tyler FTW. I wasn't expecting to love it BUT I DO. LOTS. Caroline is made of epic win this season. I can't believe I used to dislike her last season!

Oh I so totally would jump Jeremy. And lol oh god I checked now and I realized he was born exactly one month before me. WTF, now I'm even more shocked because I never want to jump people my age. xDDD but yeah, at least that doesn't make you feel bad.

It totally had the SPN vibe! Bela or not, it just felt like the SPN spin-off this round. Lol maybe they're setting shit up for a crossover finale. xDDD

Ikr? I hated her so much last season and this season she's just so awesome that she's in danger of becoming my favorite. THIS SHOW, IT SURPRISES ME SO.

Omg, I'm SO with you on the triangle. I've actually always kinda had a soft spot for Damon/Elena, but what he did to Jeremy in the premiere steered me clear from that path, or so I thought until this episode. I think the fact that Ian and Nina have good chemistry and seem so BFF-y IRL contributes to that. But then I also love Stefan/Elena and that they aren't annoying as endgame ships tend to be, and my love for Damon/Stefan's bromance is like my love for Sam/Dean's, just scaled down. So yeah, this triangle, I don't even know. It's a good problem to have, though. I remember back in the day I used to love everything about Jack/Kate/Sawyer and that was so nice until Kate started becoming a ho and ruined it all. I don't think that'll happen with Elena. Fingers crossed, anyway.

Now, will you please go Matt/Caroline/Tyler? Because jsyk, IT'D BE THE MOST AMAZING INTERSPECIES THREESOME EVER EXISTED. Come on. Let's be serious. IT'D BE SO EPIC. HUMAN/VAMP/WEREWOLF! Come ooon.

Wellllllllllllll, technically Twilight has that, but I want TVD to do it so it can be yet another thing it kicks Twilight's ass at. ;) Omg, so many conflicting feelings on this, though! I really like Tyler/Caroline, but Matt/Caroline is basically my OTP of this show, and I was only just starting to get into Jeremy/Tyler, but now Jeremy/Bonnie is kind of cute and I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. EVERYONE/EVERYONE IS AN ACCURATE SHIPPING STYLE.

I LOVE ROSE. No surprise there, but yeah. I definitely like her so far and I want more of her and Damon slamming each other up against walls.

I got all of those exact SPN vibes off this ep and it was wonderful. The fact that Bela was there only made it more epic/hilarious/awesome.

Tbh I always liked Stefan/Elena at least from the 'I don't mind' POV and I shipped Damon with Alaric so I just mostly ignored the triangle and anyway I didn't want to get sucked in because m/f/m triangles always end up bad in my experience, but... BUT THEY'RE DOING THIS SO WELL. And I had to cave in. Ian and Nina DO have chemistry and I just... dammit. I'm caving in. Also yeah let's knock on wood and hope that Elena stays awesome.

Oh come on, Matt would kick Bella's ass in a second flat even if he's NIIICE. ;) They'd so kick Twilight's ass collectively! I mean. IT'D BE SO EPIC. And Matt/Tyler never was that bad really, so while I'd rather have Jeremy/Tyler being canon I'll be happy if Jeremy hooks up with Bonnie and those other three get down to interspecies shenigans. OH FUCK IT I NEED AN ORGY HAPPENING OR SOMETHING XDDD

Rose was cool! :DD and if she and Damon start having a thing I'll just lol for ages, but in the good way. ;)

They were a lot, right??? O_O

JEREMY = UNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNFFFF A LOT. ALSO I JUST LEARNED THAT THE ACTOR WAS BORN ON LIKE JULY 13TH 1988 AKA EXACTLY ONE MONTH BEFORE ME AND IT MAKES ME LOL, BUT FOR ONCE I'M PERVING ON SOMEONE MY AGE. WHUT. XD

Honestly, I think if I cared more about Elena as a character I would care more about the triangle. But as it stands I don't. Plus, Damon is still not my favorite person ever but at least he's interesting. I don't really buy the emo route though, haha. Elena just strikes me as incredibly dull. She's easily one of the least dynamic characters on the show. I mean, she's likable enough. But she doesn't really interest me in any way.

Did Jeremy really become more attractive or are people just now starting to notice it? I'm not sure.

I'm actually surprised that I give a damn about Elena at all, lol. I mean, she's not my favorite, but for being the female lead of a show about vampires in the era of Twilight she's not annoying and likable enough indeed, so maybe I'm interested because I'm shocked that I don't hate her. ;)

I think he did become more attractive. Idk, he looks less like an emo kid and more like a kid I'd have totally liked to date in high school. ;)